New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-10
MEDICAL and sANITARY NOTES.

FRENCH EXPERIMENTS WITH COP LIVER or. "A
Paris physician, DR.. Iafarge, has succeeded after
interesting experiments, in isolatng the active
constituents Of cod liver oil by simple and mex
pensive process the substance obtained-morrhuol-
representing the valuable properties Of the OIL To
obtain this substance the oil Is In the first place
treated with aqueous solution of carbonate OF soda
which dlssolves the acids at low temperature, or
the oil may be shaken up with rectied spirit; the
alcohol is allowed to separate and is then distilled
the product containing the active principles, and is
pungent. bitter aromatic and semicrysaln at Ordi-
nary temperatures. The yield Is from one ana one
half to six per cent according to the quality OF the
OIL and the product is said to contain twelve times
moro bromine. iodine and phosphorus In peculiar
state Of combination, difficult to destroy lt has been
proposed to substitute mOrrhuOl for cod liver OIL but
only in where an insumOuntable repugDance Is
shown for the oil, and In where the oil Is with
difficulty assimated As morrhuol itself has very
repugnant taste, 1t is necessary to give 1t In capsules
In doses OF five grains.
INFLAMMATION IN EGGs.-In the bulletin of the
Tennessee Board Of Health attention is called to
condition of the egg, little known, which considerably
mpairs Its sanitary value article Of food Soon
after it practice to transport eggs In large
quantities and to long distances by railway trains 1t
found their arrival that adhesion had taken
place between the membranes of the yolk and those
Of the SHE'LL that the yok could not be turned out
OF tho shell unbroken On examination by expert
cnced pathoogsts this found to be the result Of
true Inflammation; the material of tho adhesion was
found to be precisely the same as that OF the plastic
j
Thus, structureless and unorganized it seems the
egg, fresh laid, Is living being and capable of
amms6n being undoGStsay the shaking and fric
ton from tho motion of tho cars necessarily render
OF Inflammation can never be as salutary In food as
those Of healthy growth.
MEDICINAL SUBSTITUTE FOR SUGAR. - new sub
stance has been exhibited by DR.. Levinstein before
the Chemical Society Of Industry Winchester England
substance extracted from coal tar and possessing
hast
beet root sugar, and it is thought likely that the
material will enter into daily consumption. According
to tho trials Just made of it. part will give very
sweet taste to 10000 parts OF water for 1t Is two
hundred and thirty times sweeter than the best of
sugar and. taken in the quantities added to food as
sweetenng material has been found to have no In
! furious effects whatever on the human system IA
tents suffering from diabetes have been treated for
period Of months in of the principal hospitals In
Berlin with saccharin without the slightest inconven
encc and its is anticipated not merely as prob
able substitute for sugar, but also for medicinal pur
| poses where sugar Is not permissible
| DECoMPosTIoS AND FERMENTATION OF MILK. -
Tho welI-inown German sayant, DR.. Hueppe, Is said
to have discovered five distinct organisms which pre-
sent themselves invariable Accomplishments OF lac
tic fermentation. One OF these he Isolated on nutr
ent gelatine in the form Of white, shining, fat minute
bead this organism has the power OF Transforming
milk sugaz and other saccharoses into Tactic acid, with
evolution of carbonlc acid gas and is usually found In
the saliva mucilage of the teeth In these as
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production OF Tactic acid but which manifest difer
ences in their DEVELOPMENT under cultivation; there
also two igment-fOrming bacteria. These hVe
bacteria different and constant In their prop
critics that they must in Dr. Huepnes opinion, be re-
same Investigator calls attention to the fact OF there
being also in mlL an organism which uahSiorn'
NEW DEVICE IN suRGERY-Considerable satisfac
! ton IL expressed in view of the probability that the
| operation OF tacheotomy-or cutting into the wind
| pipe and hrynx-which has been so much resorted to
heretofore in critical cases OF membranous Group or
dphtheria. may be superseded by device which len
ders 1t possible TO avoid the necessity Of any cutting
OF the throat in order TO give relief to the patient
This method of overcoming the difficulty is simple
and is known in professional terms as nturbation OF
tho larynx. The operation consists in thrusting
small silver tube through the mouth and down past
tached by spring and Withdrawn. leaving the little
! tube In position, fange at It's superior extremity
! preventing ts slipping into the vindnlpe. by the
Introduction OF the tube relief from suh6cation Is OBJ
taned and the fails at once into an easy
refreshing sleep After three or four DAYS the handie
ia passed down the throat and attached by simple
mechanism, and the tube brought out
RUSSIAN TREATMENT OF ACUTE RHEUMArrsM-Dr.
Grinetvitskl, OF ROstOR. the Don writes in the
"Russkaya Medtsna" that for than twenty years
he has treated acute articular rheumatism with nj
OF potash two drains Gang given daily In rasp-
berry syrup and dose administered every two hours
Together with this internal medication he prescribes
an ointment for use morning and evening. OF the fol-
drarg clnerei two dr. ext. aeon, one DIR. He has
tried all ordinary remedies and finds that on the whole
this plan Of treatment is moro satisfactory than any
other being especially valuable in those cases where
sacyates fail to give relief. He states that gem
orally the disease is thus brought to an end In from
20 two weeks, according 10 ITS severity ana inc
tlnfb the treatment begun; when begun nc the
onset OF the attack and before more than one JOINT
was affected the others were usually spared alto
gether.
CLOTHING OF THE sKrN-In paper the health OF
the skin. by Dr. starin extended reference Is made
to tho prevalent habit OF putting too many wraps
on the skim and concerning which tho author declares
that no MANS skin. wOmans, either, can be kept
thoroughly clean and healthy by pillng too much
clothing upon his her body. 1t is fact he says,
that clothing in itself has property of bestowing
heat, but is chiefly useful in preventing the disper-
sion OF the temperature of the body, and In some
instances in defending from the atmosphere and this
power OF preser> heat Is due to the same principe
that OF conduction and non -cOnductiOn-whateVer
form the raiment may assume, whether the most
healthful and elegant tissues OF human manufacture,
or natures covering Of birds and animals.